Mast Cell Tumour in a Giant Galapagos Tortoise (Geochelone nigra vicina)
A well-differentiated cutaneous mast cell tumour was diagnosed in a subadult female giant Galapagos tortoise. The tumour was a pedunculated, verrucose mass located near the base of the neck. The histological features, which were diagnostic for a mast cell tumour, included abundant intracytoplasmic...
| Autores Principales: | Santoro, M., B. A., Stacy, Gastezzi-Arias, P., Landazuli, S., Jacobson, E. R., Morales, Juan Alberto |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Elsevier
2022
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http://hdl.handle.net/11056/23673 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpa.2007.11.004 |
| Sumario: |
A well-differentiated cutaneous mast cell tumour was diagnosed in a subadult female giant Galapagos tortoise.
The tumour was a pedunculated, verrucose mass located near the base of the neck. The histological features,
which were diagnostic for a mast cell tumour, included abundant intracytoplasmic granules that were stained
metachromatically with Giemsa and toluidine blue stains. Mast cell tumours are rare in reptiles, and this is the
first description of a mast cell tumour in a chelonian. |
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